Community Foundation Update (7/31/10)
News and personnel announcements from community foundations throughout the country....
UPS Passes $1 Billion Milestone for Giving to United Way
UPS has been the top corporate giver to the United Way system for nine of the past ten years and has twice won the United Way Spirit of America Award, the highest honor for corporate citizenship bestowed by United Way....
Community Foundation of Sarasota County Awarded $10.8 Million in Grants in 2009
In the fiscal year that ended May 31, 2010, the foundation awarded scholarships and grants to organizations working in the fields of education, civic engagement, health and human services, arts and culture, and the environment....
Mellon Foundation Awards $1 Million to the Yale Repertory Theatre
Made through the foundation's theater program, the grant will support the activities of the Yale Center for New Theatre over the next five years, including the production of Yale-commissioned works at theaters other than Yale Rep....
In our latest TechSoup article, Beth Kanter explains why and how to use social media to turn your organization into a "networked" nonprofit....
Americans are reluctant to discuss death, particularly with children, says the president of the New York Life Foundation, but young people need honesty and support to cope with a loss....
Started by an American teen and her mom, ASOH works to build wells at schools in communities around the world that lack access to basic sanitation and clean drinking water....
The inaugural project of the Getty Artists Program provides K-12 teachers with access to contemporary arts teaching materials, searchable by grade level, medium, or artist.....
On the blog, we chat with blogger Lucy Bernholz and the Brooklyn Com- munity Foundation's Ben Esner, and guest contributor Mitch Sakofs suggests a metaphor for thinking about change....
